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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What new character is referenced when the narrator switches time frames after discussing Amanda's time in the hospital?
(a) Switters.
(b) Ellen Cherry Charles-Petway.
(c) Bernard Mickey Wrangle.
(d) Marx Marvelous.

2. What drug was once found on Plucky that helped lead to his dishonorable discharge from the military?
(a) Mushrooms.
(b) LSD.
(c) Marijuana.
(d) Hashish.

3. What dead animal do the Zillers have on display at their zoo?
(a) A tsetse fly.
(b) A baboon.
(c) A garter snake.
(d) A grizzly bear.

4. What disappoint Amanda about the weather of her new home with John Paul?
(a) The wind is too strong for butterflies.
(b) The weather remains cold year-round.
(c) There are very few thunderstorms.
(d) It never snows in the winter.

5. For what baked good does Amanda become famous?
(a) Mushroom cookies.
(b) Marijuana brownies.
(c) Marijuana bread.
(d) Mushroom cakes.

6. How did Plucky manage to end his college football career?
(a) He refused to play dirty.
(b) He ran off with the coach's wife.
(c) He dealt marijuana to his teammates.
(d) He injured his knee.

7. In what branch of the military was Plucky once enlisted?
(a) Marines.
(b) Navy.
(c) Air Force.
(d) Army.

8. Why are the men impressed with Plucky Purcell?
(a) Plucky has a baboon as a companion.
(b) Plucky is a heavy drinker.
(c) Plucky is very rich.
(d) Plucky was a college football hero.

9. What device arrives at John Paul and Amanda's restaurant?
(a) Bun steamer.
(b) Refrigerator.
(c) Hot-dog turner.
(d) Juicer.

10. What concerns Amanda about John Paul's quiet anxiety as they restore their new home?
(a) She is afraid he regrets being married to her.
(b) She is afraid that he will grow bored with being a husband and a father.
(c) She is afraid he regrets turning down the opportunity to go to Tibet.
(d) She is afraid he is still in love with his first wife.

11. Fill in the blank: the name "Marx" was chosen by Marx Marvelous because it triggered America's hatred of _______.
(a) Misspelled names.
(b) Communism.
(c) Comedy.
(d) Jewish men from New York.

12. What is cited as evidence of genetic memory?
(a) The monarch butterflies return to the same trees.
(b) The drumbeats the compel dancing.
(c) The birds flying south for the winter.
(d) The earthworms coming up to the surface after a rain.

13. What solution does Amanda come up with in regards to their animal-less zoo?
(a) Domestic cats.
(b) Insects.
(c) Vegetation.
(d) Snakes.

14. How does John Paul pay for Amanda's hospitalization?
(a) He barters their restaurant's mortgage.
(b) He creates a new sculpture for the hospital.
(c) He sleeps with the head of the hospital.
(d) He sells his most renowned sculpture.

15. In the different time frame, how does Amanda spend a great deal of her time, according to the narrator?
(a) Trances.
(b) Yoga.
(c) Sleeping.
(d) Hospitalized.

Short Answer Questions

1. For what does Marx express disdain in regard to Amanda?

2. Where was Plucky forced to outrun a knife-wielding man?

3. How does Amanda regard the nature of the universe in regards to Plucky's letters?

4. For which college did Plucky play football?

5. What do the Zillers do for the attempted baboon thief?

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